Large Impact Features on Europa: Results of the Galileo Nominal Mission

Icarus

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 127-145

  Moore, Jeffrey M ^a   Asphaug, Erik ^a   Sullivan, Robert J ^b   Klemaszewski, James E ^b   Bender, Kelly C ^b   Greeley, Ronald ^b   Geissler, Paul E ^c   McEwen, Alfred S ^c   Turtle, Elizabeth P ^c   Phillips, Cynthia B ^c   Tufts, B Randy ^c   Head III, James W ^d   Pappalardo, Robert T ^d   Jones, Kevin B ^d   Chapman, Clark R ^e   Belton, Michael J S ^f   Kirk, Randolph L ^g   Morrison, David ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^g U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 0000211515     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5973     Document Type: Article

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